The Brownsville Navigation District - "Port of Brownsville" - strives to provide efficient, economical, and courteous service to its customers. It is also the desire of the Board of Commissioners to encourage the establishment of new industry and commerce within the Harbor and Terminal District, especially along its industrial ship channel. The Port's administrative staff stands ready to assist, advise, and work with any company contemplating locating within our area.

We respectfully invite your inquiries both as to site locations and movement of your cargo in waterborne commerce.

PLEASE NOTE: The Port of Brownsville’s Tariff No. 6 has been electronically filed under Rule 34 required by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) under the Automated Tariff Filing and Information System (ATFI). However, for your convenience, the Port will continue publishing a printed version of Tariff No. 6 which contains all of the same rules, regulations, rates and charges as those contained in its electronically filed tariff.

G.Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority of Harris
County, TX

H.Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves

I.Alabama State Docks Department – Port of Mobile

J.South Louisiana Port Commission, LaPlace, LA

K.Board of Navigation and Canal Commissioners of the
Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County, TX

L.Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County,
TX

M.Board of Commissioners of the Tampa Port Authority of
Hillsborough County, FL

N.Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, Freeport, TX

O.Panama City Port Authority

P.Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Q.Port of Pensacola

R.Port of Pascagoula

S.Manatee County Port Authority of Palmetto, FL

T.St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, Chalmette, LA

NOTICE:
The Gulf Seaports Marine Terminal Conference agreement permits the
participating members to discuss and agree upon port terminal
charges, rules and regulations. Any such rates, charges, rules and
regulations, adopted pursuant to the Conference, must be published
in the respective Tariffs of said members and so identified by
proper symbol and explanation.

SHIPPERS REQUEST AND COMPLAINTS

Shippers, or other users of the
facilities and services of the members of said Conference, desiring
to present requests or complaints with respect to any such rates,
charges, rules and regulations, adopted pursuant to said Conference
agreement, should submit same, in writing, to the Chairman of the
Conference, at the address below, giving full particulars, including
all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances pertaining to the
request or complaint. Should further information be required by the
Conference for full consideration of the request or complaint, the
Conference Chairman will so advise by mail. The said Chairman will
notify each skipper or complainant of the docketing of the matter
and the date and time of the proposed meeting and if said shipper or
complainant desires to be heard, he shall make request therefore
upon the Conference Chairman in advance of the meeting:

John Roby
Conference Chairman
P. O. Drawer 2297
Beaumont, TX 77704

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DEFINITIONS
OF TERMS:

ABBREVIATIONS

˘

Cent

$

Dollar

%

Percent

(A)

Addition

(C)

Change in wording
which results in neither increase nor reduction

(I)

Increase

(N)

New Item

(R)

Reduction

Cont’d

Continued

Cu. Ft.

Cubic Feet

cwt

Hundred Pound Weight

FMC

Federal Maritime
Commission

GRT

Gross Registered Ton

Lbs.

Pounds

LOA

Length Over-All

MFB

Thousand Board Feet

NT

Net Ton

MT

Metric Ton

NOS

Not Otherwise
Specified

O/T

Other than

ST

Short Ton

(Local Symbol)

The rate, rule, or
regulation bearing this reference mark is published
pursuant to agreement of Gulf Port Members of the Gulf
Seaports Marine Terminal Conference

DEFINITIONS

AGENT OR STEAMSHIP AGENT

Persons, firms,
corporations or other business entities and their
subsidiaries, duly appointed and authorized as
representatives acting on behalf of a steamship line or
lines with legal authority to bind the owner, financially
and otherwise, or other vessel owners, and by attending
to all matters relating to the vessels owned by their
principals, in or on the public wharves, docks, terminals
or facilities of the District. (See Item 411)

BERTH

The water area at the
edge of a wharf, including mooring facilities, used by a
vessel while docked.

BOARD

The Board of
Navigation and Canal Commissioners of the Brownsville
Navigation District.

BONDED STORAGE

Storage accomplished
under bond payable to the United States Treasury
Department until cleared for entry by the United States
Customs.

CHECKING

The service of
counting and checking cargo against appropriate documents
for the account of the cargo or the vessel, or other
person requesting same.

COASTWISE TRAFFIC

All traffic between
any two or more Atlantic or Gulf ports of the United
States.

CONTAINER

A standard (I.S.O.)
seagoing container 20 feet in length or over.

CONTINUOUS LOADING AND
UNLOADING

When used in this
Tariff, a loading and/or unloading operation will qualify
as a continuous loading and/or unloading operation if it
continues for 14 hours per day, weather delays excepting.
The first day of loading and/or unloading operations will
qualify as a continuous operation if it continues until
22:00 hours.

DAY

A consecutive 24-hour
period or fraction thereof, beginning at 12:01 A.M.

DISTRICT

The Brownsville
Navigation District.

DOCKAGE

The charge assessed
against a vessel for berthing at a wharf, pier, bulkhead
structure, or bank or for mooring to a vessel so berthed.

EXPORT TRAFFIC

All traffic moving
from the continental United States to ports not within the
continental United States.

FREE TIME

The specified period
during which cargo may occupy space assigned to it on
terminal property free of wharf demurrage or terminal
storage charges immediately prior to the unloading or
subsequent to the discharge of such cargo on or off the
vessel.

HANDLING

The service of
physically moving cargo between point of rest and any
place on the terminal facility, other than the end of
ship's tackle.

HARBOR FEE

A fee assessed to all
waterborne vessels engaged in foreign, coastwise,
intercoastal or intracoastal trade.

HEAVY LIFT

Any cargo that cannot
be handled with a single lift machine or weighs more than
30,000 lbs.

IMPORT TRAFFIC

All traffic moving
from ports not within the continental United States to the
continental United States.

INTERCOASTAL TRAFFIC

All traffic between
Atlantic and Gulf ports of the United States to the
continental United States.

INTRACOASTAL TRAFFIC

All traffic between
interior points served by canals and rivers.

LINER SERVICE

Vessels making
regularly scheduled calls for the receipt and delivery of
cargo at this port.

LOADING OR UNLOADING

The service of loading
or unloading cargo between any place on the terminal and
railroad cars, trucks, or barges or any other means of
land conveyance to or from the terminal facility.

MARGINAL TRACKS

Railroad tracks on the
wharf apron within reach of ship's tackle.

MONTH

That period beginning
at 12:01 A.M. on the first day of the calendar month
following spotting of the cargo for unloading and ending
at 11:59 P.M. on the last day of the calendar month
preceding loading out of the cargo.

POINT OF REST

The area of the
terminal facility which is assigned for the receipt of
inbound cargo from the ship and from which inbound cargo
may be delivered to the consignee and that area of the
terminal facility which is assigned for the receipt of
outbound cargo from shipper for loading of vessel.

PORT

The physical
facilities of the Port of Brownsville, the channel, docks,
sheds, roads, etc. The Port is owned and operated by the
District.

PROJECT CARGO

Project cargo includes
freight that is voluminous, either by weight, size or
quantity, or composed of complex components that must be
disassembled, shipped and then re-assembled.

SHIPSIDE

The location of cargo
within reach of ship's tackle or in berth space, in
accordance with the customs and practices of this port.

SWITCHING

Moving of cargo within
the confines of the port area whether on land or water,
(a) between locations; (b) between one or more
transportation conveyances; or (c) between location and
transportation conveyances.

TERMINAL STORAGE

The service of
providing warehouse or other terminal facilities for the
storage of inbound or outbound cargo after the expiration
of free time, including wharf storage, shipside storage,
closed or covered storage, opened or ground storage,
bonded storage, and refrigerated storage, after storage
arrangements have been made.

TON, METRIC

A unit of weight of
2,204.6 pounds

TON, NET OR SHORT

A unit of weight of
2,000 pounds.

USER

A user of the
facilities owned, leased, and/or controlled by the
Brownsville Navigation District shall include any vessel
or person using any District properties, facilities, or
equipment, or to whom or for whom any service, work, or
labor is furnished, performed, done, or made available by
the District, or any person owning or having custody of
cargo moving over such facilities.

VESSEL

Includes within its
meaning every description of water craft or other
artificial contrivance whether self-propelled or
non-self-propelled, used, or capable of being used, as a
means of transportation on water, and shall include in its
meaning the owner thereof.

WHARF

Any wharf, pier, quay,
landing, or other stationary structure to which a vessel
may make fast or which may be utilized in the transit or
handling of cargo or passengers and shall include other
port terminal facility areas along side of which vessels
may lie or which are suitable for and are used in the
loading, unloading, assembling, distribution, or handling
of cargo.

WHARF STORAGE (WHARF
DEMURRAGE)

A charge assessed
against cargo remaining in or on terminal facilities after
the expiration of free time.

WHARFAGE

A charge assessed
against the cargo or vessel on all cargo passing or
conveyed over, onto, or under wharves or between vessels
(to or from barge, lighter, or water), when berthed at a
wharf or when moored in slip adjacent to wharf. Wharfage
is solely the charge for use of wharf and does not include
charges for any other service.

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INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE

No provision contained in this
Tariff shall limit or relieve the Brownsville Navigation District
(Port of Brownsville) from liability for the District’s own sole
negligence nor require any person or user to indemnify or hold
harmless the Brownsville Navigation District (Port of Brownsville)
from liability for the District’s own sole negligence.